SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:8
Y por mí es dado mandamiento de lo que habéis de hacer con los ancianos de estos judíos, para edificar esa Casa de Dios: que de la hacienda del rey, que tiene del tributo del otro lado del río, los gastos sean dados luego a aquellos varones, para que no cesen.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 8. Moreover, I make a decree, what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews, for the building of this house of God , etc.] This must be considered as an additional decree of Darius, which was peculiarly made by him, in which more was granted in favour of the Jews, and as an encouragement to them to go on with the building of the temple; though Josephus says this is no other than a confirmation of the decree of Cyrus; for, according to him, all that is here granted to them, or threatened to others, from hence to the end of ( Ezra 6:10), was contained in the decree: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river ; what was collected out of his dominions on that side the river Euphrates, towards the land of Israel: according to Herodotus f61 , this Darius was the first of the kings of Persia that exacted tribute; under Cyrus and Cambyses only presents were brought; but he imposed a tribute, and was therefore called kaphlov , an huckster, as Cambyses had the name of lord, and Cyrus that of father: the same writer gives an account of the several nations he received it from, and the particular sums, which in all amounted to 14,560 Euboic talents of gold; among whom are mentioned all Phoenicia and Syria, called Palestine, the tribute of which parts is the tribute beyond the river he referred to: and this king was well disposed to the Jewish nation, temple, and worship, before he was king, if what Josephus says is true, that, while a private man, he vowed to God that, if he should be king, he would send all the sacred vessels that were in Babylon to the temple at Jerusalem: and out of the above tribute it is ordered, that forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered ; from going on with the building, for want of money to buy materials, and pay the workmen.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-12 - When God's time is come for fulfilling his gracious purposes concernin his church, he will raise up instruments to do it, from whom such goo service was not expected. While our thoughts are directed to thi event, we are led by Zechariah to fix our regard on a nobler, spiritual building. The Lord Jesus Christ continues to lay one ston upon another: let us assist the great design. Difficulties delay the progress of this sacred edifice. Yet let not opposition discourage us for in due season it will be completed to his abundant praise. He shal bring forth the head-stone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grac unto it.
Original Hebrew
ומני 4481 שׂים 7761 טעם 2942 למא 3964 די 1768 תעבדון 5648 עם 5974 שׂבי 7868 יהודיא 3062 אלך 479 למבנא 1124 בית 1005 אלהא 426 דך 1791 ומנכסי 5232 מלכא 4430 די 1768 מדת 4061 עבר 5675 נהרה 5103 אספרנא 629 נפקתא 5313 תהוא 1934 מתיהבא 3052 לגבריא 1400 אלך 479 די 1768 לא 3809 לבטלא׃ 989
